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J'. AMES, Jr.`

TOP KNUT FOR BLAGKING BRUSHES. i No. 371,117. Patented Oct. 4, 1887.

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JOHN AMES, JR., OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH O.BONNER, OF SAME PLACE.

TOP-KNOT FOR BLACKlNG-BRUSH ES.

EBEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,117, dated October4, 1887.

Original application tiled July 13, 1:86. Divided and this applicationfiled October 21, 1896. Serial No. 216,878. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN AMES, Jr., of Toledo, in the county of Lucasand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTop-Knots for Blacking-Brushes or of Daubers for Blacking Boots orShoes, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to holders for the circular brush of bristlesused for lakingrblacking from a box and depositing itupon boots or shoesto be polished.

The object of my improvements is to better secure the bristles in theholder, and they therefore relate particularly to the improved structureofthe holder-block, reducing the cost ot manufacture and improving thetop-knot.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of ashoe'brush, partlyin section, with my improvements applied to it. Fig. 2is a bottom view of t-he holder. Fig. 3 is a top view of a blockdetached.

I have filed an application, No. 207,927, of which this is a division,showing a bristle holder made of one piece of wood having a veru ticalannular flange or rim surrounding the base of the bristles and servingto hold them in place and tov prevent them being broken down and packedand rendered unfit for use. In my present application I show the sameannular liange having the same structure and functions; but my presentimprovements re late to making the holder of two pieces in a peculiarway, instead of one. device I insert in the cup or cavity formed by thevertical annular flange G a block, G, preferably convex on its top, asshown, specially prepared preferably of suitable soft or plasticmaterial-such, for example, as' hemisiteformed in'dies and hardened.This block is set in the cup of the holder A', the bottom of the cupbeing made fiat and not bored for bristles on its under side, asillustrated.

The holder is mortised on its under sid when to be'applied upon abrush-handle, as shown at Bin Figs. l and 2; but it need not necessarilybe mortised when applied to a mere top-knot handle. Not being bored outeither at the bottom or for the bristles, the cupped holder is thereforequite solid and strong.

To secure the block in place I may employ glue G, which will also serveto hold the bris- In my present tles, the glue being put in the cup, andthe block, if need be, having its bottom dipped in gluey and inserted inthe cup. A screw, H, may be inserted in the center of the block, asusual, serving to secure the top-knot on the handle.

The dies for forming the block G may be simply a cup-shaped lower dieand a series of punches or plungers projecting from a concave top orupper die, the dies being a counterpart of the form of the finishedblock and the upper die being capable of reciprocating movement by anyordinary means.

I prefer to use a convex block G, made of a separate piece, because itmakes a better brush. avoids the boring ofthe holder, which weakens it,and is more economical to manuture. Such a top-knot can be cheaply made,and presents a good appearance, and is stronger and will wear longerthan the ordinary topknot, even when made of a single piece, accordingto the plan shown in my said pending application, No. 207,927.

It is a very material improvement in the manufacture of top -knots forblacking purposes to avoid the usual boring, which can be done by theuse of my block made of a separate piece and formed in dies. Such ablock also prevents the exposure of the bottoms of the bristle tufts,and they are firmly held in place, the glue G' employed being alsothoroughly covered and not exposed in any way.

Of course I might bore the holes for the bristle tufts in my block madeof aseparate piece; but it would not be economical, although instructure the finished block would be the same as if otherwiseperforated. It is also practicable to use some kinds of wood for makingmy block, and for perforating the block it is better, where it is ofsuit-able wood or other materials of the nature of wood, to heat them inhot water or by steam prior to punching the bristle-holes. Thick leatherblocks might be employed, and also various other materials such asvulcanized fiber, &c.

I make no claim in this application to the vertical annular flange C;but,

Having thus described my improvements, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States,` is- In a blacking-brush,the combination, with IOO a holder, A", having zt cup, as described,that H, to secure the top-knot to the brush, sub- 1o is not bored out atits bottom for bristles, of a stantially as set forth. bristle-block, G,perforated for bristle tufts, In testimony whereof I have hereuntosubthe perforations extending entirely through scribed my name. 5 theblock and the block set in the eu of the holder and secured there byglue, so Ihat the 'JOHN AMES JR glue employed also serves to glue thebristles Vitnesses: to the block and is covered by the bleek, so as lJOSEPH C. BONNER,

to be protected, and an ordinary holding-screw, AGGIE S. RICHARDSON.

